[dm-devel] Re: [RHEL 4 U2] Recommended blacklist for Sun X4200, V40z

[Brian Long]

On 3/29/06, Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm running RHEL 4 U2 (device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-6.0.RHEL4).  I have a
> multipath.conf which uses the compiled-in blacklist.  I also have
> specified device entries specific to certain EMC arrays in use (see attached
> multipath.conf ).  The majority of our hosts are HP Proliant with cciss
> local disks and they are blacklisted appropriately.  When I use the same
> multipath.conf on a Sun V40z or X4200, multipathing is not working and I
> believe it's because the internal disk (LSI Logic / MPT Fusion RAID) is not
> blacklisted (see attached multipath-v3.out for details).
>
> Is there a recommended blacklist entry for these hosts?  Can I blacklist
> by vendor ID instead of device?
>

I could not get multipath working properly on these hosts until I set up a
vendor-based blacklist in /etc/scis_id.conf.  I blacklisted vendor=LSILOGIC
and multipath works well for the SAN devices.

/Brian/
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